1 option
Rock Island requiem : the collapse of a mighty fine line / Gregory L. Schneider.
Lippincott Library HE2791.C674153 S36 2013
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneider, Gregory L., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ).
- Railroads--United States--History--20th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--United States--Finance--History--20th century.
- Business failures--United States--History--20th century.
- Business failures.
- History.
- Finance.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 380 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
- Contents:
- Act 1 Merger
- Chapter 1 A Mighty Fine Line 13
- Chapter 2 Merge or Die 37
- Chapter 3 Bleak House 59
- Chapter 4 The Waiting Is the Hardest Part 83
- Chapter 5 Too Big to Fail 101
- Act 2 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 6 Bankruptcy Blue(s) 125
- Chapter 7 Stayin' Alive 153
- Chapter 8 The Omen 175
- Chapter 9 Walking Dead Men 201
- Chapter 10 The Rock Is Dead 225
- Act 3 Liquidation
- Chapter 11 Too Late the Hero 253
- Chapter 12 Long Live the Rock 277.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700619184
- 0700619186
- OCLC:
- 840161042
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.